The Misfits (1961)
Drama | Romance | Western
A sexy divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada.
Starring: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach
Director: John Huston
River of No Return (1954)
Action | Adventure | Western
After his wife dies, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Calder is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun). When Weston's beautiful fiancèe (Marilyn Monroe) then decides to nurse Calder back to health, the insanely jealous Weston risks their lives by taking them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking Western.
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Douglas Spencer, Tommy Rettig
Director: Otto Preminger
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¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Adventure | Comedy | Western
When a villainous bandit terrorizes her small Mexican village, a real-life damsel in distress enlists the help of three goofy singing cowboy Hollywood stars–mistakenly believing that they are as heroic in person as they are onscreen. The wimpy actors think they are going south of the border to perform a one-time show for a large fee. As they arrive in the tiny oppressed village, they begin to realize that they are caught in a horrible case of mistaken identity and must truly fight for their lives against the evil marauder El Guapo. They cowardly run for their lives while the village is almost destroyed until they realize the importance of their mission and are forced to use real cunning and bravery to try to defeat the villain's hordes in order to prove that the Three Amigos are as truly as courageous and heroic as they appeared onscreen.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Director: John Landis
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
Western
Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone.
Starring: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Scott Brady, Mercedes McCambridge, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine
Director: Nicholas Ray
Rio Grande (1950)
Romance | Western
A Calvary unit on the Mexican border in the 1880s conducts a vain campaign against marauding Indians.
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr.
Director: John Ford
Westworld (1973)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Western
A amusement park for rich vacationers. The park provides its customers a way to live out their fantasies through the use of robots that provide anything they want. Two of the vacationers choose a wild west adventure. However, after a computer breakdown, they find that they are now being stalked by a rogue robot gun-slinger.
Starring: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
Director: Michael Crichton
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Drama | Romance | Western
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
Starring: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson, Dianne Wiest
Director: Robert Redford
Home on the Range (2004)
Animation | Family | Music | Western
Alameda Slim, a wanted cattle rustler, uses an alias to buy up properties all over western Nebraska, and his next target is the Patch of Heaven dairy farm, where the widow owner cares more for her 'family' of yard animals's welfare then for profit, so she just hasn't got the cash to keep in business. The other animals, mainly carefree youngsters, being unable, three cows of very different temperament and manners rise to the desperate occasion and set out to do battle for their dream home, teaming up unnaturally with each-other, the sheriff's megalomaniac horse and any other animal who can possibly help, even a crazy lucky rabbit and an invincible buffalo, hoping to beat the crook to the Patch's auction, or anything it takes…
Starring: Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jennifer Tilly, Roseanne, Steve Buscemi
Director: John Sanford, Will Finn
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High Noon (1952)
Drama | Western
A retired Marshal must defend his town from a revengeful villain.
Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado
Director: Fred Zinnemann
City Slickers (1991)
Comedy | Western
A mid-life crisis plagued man and his friends find renewal and purpose on a cattle driving vacation.
Starring: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater
Director: Ron Underwood
Once Upon a Time in China and America / Once Upon a Time in China VI / Wong Fei Hung VI: Sai Wik Hung See (1997)
Action | Adventure | History | Western
The story is set in both Hong Kong and the U.S. So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
Starring: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Xin Xin Xiong, Kwok-Pong Chan. Jeff Wolfe. Joseph Sayah, Chrysta Bell, Richard Ng
Director: Sammo Hung
Bandolero! (1968)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Western
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Starring: James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Doc West (2009)
Western
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle amongst the town breaks out in gunfire he will have to choose sides, between the outlaws or the law-abiding citizens.
Starring: Terence Hill, Paul Sorvino, Boots Southerland, Clare Carey, Adam Taylor
Director: Giulio Base, Terence Hill
Hondo (1953)
Action | Drama | Romance | War | Western
Based on the Louis L'Amour story "The Gift of Cochise," this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic.
Starring: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness
Director: John Farrow, John Ford
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Dawn Rider (2012)
Western
Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy and Donald Sutherland star in this gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John’s best friend. Based on the timeless John Wayne adventure, Dawn Rider is a riveting saga of retribution, duty and valor in the American West.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy
Director: Terry Miles
The Scarlet Worm (2011)
Western
An aging killer trains a young hired gun in a plot to assassinate a meek brothel owner performing barbaric abortion acts on his prostitutes.
Starring: Aaron Stielstra, Dan van Husen, Brett Halsey, Derek Hertig, Kevin Giffin
Director: Michael Fredianelli
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Western
A woman brings her murdered outlaw lover home for burial.
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Cote de Pablo, Peter Dinklage, Scott Speedman, Jason Priestly, Kris Kristofferson, Jon Foster
Director: Tiller Russell
The Scalphunters (1968)
Comedy | Western
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas
Director: Sydney Pollack
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The Jack Bull (1999)
Western
After being wrongfully denied justice, a horse trader seeks his own justice on a treacherous rancher.
Starring: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley, John Savage
Director: John Badham
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western
Acrobatic Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang comes to the Wild West to rescue beautiful, kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. Upon transporting her ransom, Chon finds himself on the very train that Roy O'Bannon, an outlaw of dubious competence, plans to rob. They reluctantly become partners when faced with bad-seed Marshall Van Cleef who'd rather neither one of them make it off the train alive.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley
Director: Tom Dey
